Weeds

Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; but while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and then went away. So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared as well. And the slaves of the householder came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where, then, did these weeds come from?’ He answered, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The slaves said to him, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?’ But he replied, ‘No; for in gathering the weeds you would uproot the wheat along with them. Let both of them grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Collect the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.’” Matthew 13:24-30 

Loving Creator, who plants us in our places

who tends and feeds us, watering us with love

you have made the world a place of growth

where weeds and grain grow side by side.

We often are afraid of the weeds in our lives

angry that they thrive and make us look bad

they crowd us and supplant us at times

and we want to kill and destroy their lives.

Yet you reminded us that we can grow together

that the final chapters have not been written

that your loving care will always be with us

and that we are called to tend the folks we have.

Help us, Lord, to grow where we are planted

let us not worry about the weeds around us

let us prayerfully put our worry in your hands

trusting that you will help us grow in love. Amen